"A Bluewood book."

Includes index

Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521) -- Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574) -- Juan de Onate (1550-1630) -- Junipero Serra (1713-1784) -- Juan Bautista de Anza (1735-1788) -- Bernardo de Galvez (1746-1786) -- Manuel Lisa (1772-1820) -- Antonio Jose Martinez (1793-1867) -- Maria Gertrudes Barcelo (1800-1852) -- David Farragut (1801-1870) -- Pio de Jesus Pico (1801-1894) -- Juan N. Seguin (1806-1890) -- Mariano Vallejo (1808-1890) -- Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899) -- Joaquin Murieta (1832-1853) -- Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) Juan Guiteras (1852-1925) -- Rafael Guastavino (1842-1908) -- Lola Rodriquez de TiO (1843-1924) -- George Santayana (1863-1952) -- Sara Estela Ramirez (1881-1910) -- Ignacio E. Lozano (1886-1953) -- Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960) -- Dennis Chavez (1888-1962) -- Maria Latigo Hernandez (1893-1986) -- Carlos Castaneda (1896-1958) -- Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) -- Severo Ochoa (1905-1993) -- Jose Arcadia Limon (1908-1972) -- Carmen Miranda (1909-1955) -- Luis Alvarez (1911-1988) -- Hector Perez Garcia (1914-1996) -- Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) -- Henry B. Gonzales (1916-1998) -- Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999) -- Edward Roybal (1916- ) -- Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) -- Bert Corona (1918-2001) -- Jose Yglesias (1919-1995) -- Jose P. Martinez (1920-1943) -- Ricardo Montalban (1920- ) -- Alicia Alonso (1921- ) -- Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002) -- Tito Puente (1923-2000) -- Celia Cruz (1924-2003) -- Romana Acosta Banuelos (1925- ) -- Reies Lopez Tijerina (1926- ) -- Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) -- Lauro F. Cavazos (1927- ) -- Carmen Zapata (1927- ) -- Reuben Salazar (1928-1970) -- Richard "Pancho" Gonzales (1928-1995) -- Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (1928- ) -- Jaime Escalante (1930- ) -- Maria Irene Fornes (1930- ) -- Dolores Huerta (1930- ) -- Marisol (1930- ) -- Lupe Serrano (1930- ) -- Roberto C. Goizueta (1931-1997) -- Rita Moreno (1931- ) -- Oscar de la Renta (1932- ) -- Roberto Clemente (1934-1972) -- Nicholasa Mohr (1935- ) -- Martha P. Cotera (1938- ) -- Carolina Herrera (1939- ) -- Lee Trevino (1939- ) -- Vikki Carr (1940- ) -- Luis Valdez (1940- ) -- Victor Villasenor (1940- ) -- Joan Baez (1941- ) -- Lucille Roybal-Allard (1941- ) -- Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1943- ) -- Vilma Martinez (1943- ) -- Geraldo Rivera (1943- ) -- William C. Velasquez (1944-1988) -- Jose Angel Gutierrez (1944- ) -- Antonia Novello (1944- ) -- Richard Rodriguez (1944- ) -- Judith Baca (1946- ) -- Linda Ronstadt (1946- ) -- Henry Cisneros (1947- ) -- Edward James Olmos (1947- ) -- Federico Pena (1947- ) -- Carlos Santana (1947- ) -- Ruben Blades (1948- ) -- Rosemary Casals (1948- ) -- Cristina Saralegui (1948- ) -- Oscar Hijuelos (1951- ) -- Aliza Lifshitz (1951- ) -- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952- ) -- Gary Soto (1952- ) -- Nydia Margarita Velazquez (1953- ) -- Sandra Cisneros (1954- ) -- Maria Elena Durazo (1954- ) -- Nancy Lopez (1957- ) -- Gloria Estefan (1958- ) -- Ellen Ochoa (1958- ) -- Loretta Sanchez (1960- ) -- Sammy Sosa (1968- ) -- Selena (1971-1995) -- Oscar de la Hoya (1973- )

"This book includes people from diverse backgrounds who have made their marks in various fields such as the early explorers (Pedro Menendez de Aviles and Juan Bautista de Anza) ; politics (Pio de Jesus Pico and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) ; sports (Oscar de la Hoya and Roberto Clemente) ; entertainment (Desi Arnez and Selena) ; business (Roberto Goizueta and Romana Acosta Banuelos) ; civil rights (Martha Cotera and Cesar Chavez) ; and much more"--Publisher description

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